Talk:Brain of Albert Einstein

Einstein had requested that his brain be donated to science after his death in 1955

I seem to distictly recall that Einstein's brain was removed against his wishes, but then again my memory might be failing me. So, can anyone point me to a source that supports the above claim? -- Koffieyahoo 07:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can search The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain [1] on Amazon. From page 211 "Before haning up, (Otto) Nathan repeated what he had said to the Kansas City Times four years earlier: "Albert Einstein did not want his brain studied." Nathan knew that Einstein had never been so unequivocal himself. A few months before his death the physicist had written to biographer Carl Seelig that he liked the idea of donating his body to science, but he left no instructions on the matter since he feared it would be a "theatrical gesture." --Broom eater 08:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't have anything supporting it.

I read one of the sources linked on this page, which clearly states the following:

Why the brain was preserved at all is not clear; the rest of the body was cremated shortly after death. One biographer says Einstein wanted it to be used for research; the executor of his estate denies this, and says the decision to preserve it was made by his son.

I was confused as I read the article to see a contradiction, but by no means would I consider myself an expert, and the article is older than I am, so something new could have come up. -- Eclipsed Moon 08:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy?

The article follows the information claimed by Steven Levy [2] that the brain was rediscovered by Levy in 1978. Other articles on his brain (look at the others linked at the bottom) do not mention this. Also, the various articles seem to indicate the brain is in pieces, which doesn't fit very well with the photograph of it. Of course, the various articles don't agree well either. One says the brain was given to Witelson [3] while another says it was given to Krauss [4], but one of the links is a short article about the brain written by Witelson [5]. However, another linked page says samples were recieved and its location revealed by Diamond and Scheibel in 1987 [6].

Perhaps not all of the information, either on the internet or in the article, is reliable?

If I recall correctly (Ahem). the following book, although being a quote book contains some info on Einstein's brain: [7]. -- Koffieyahoo 08:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Umm?

Wouldn't organic matter put in a cider box for twenty years dissolve? Can we at least source this, since it looks dubious as-is, and I'm probably not the only reader to raise an eyebrow. Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 08:46, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

and the eyes

According to a biography about Einstein, his eyes were also conserved after his death. Do you confirm this?